The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

Although the Christie administration is putting the finishing touches on a unified busing system, it is unlikely that that will be completed by the new school year. Talks of having such a system began in 2006 under the previous Christie administration. It’s meant to create a system where all bus operators are under one entity […]

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A 22-year-old Union Village man was stabbed to death Monday during a fight with a friend. The victim has been identified as Jevon Mullings. The incident happened at 6:00 p.m. Mullings was in Union Village when he got into an altercation with an 18-year-old. Both were stabbed during the incident and taken to hospital by […]

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Four Bahamian men who range in age from 23 to 34 were arrested in north Bimini Monday after officers busted them with an assortment of firearms, ammunition and drugs. Three of the men are from Bimini and the fourth is a resident of Freeport, Grand Bahama. A team of police officers from Bimini searched the […]

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The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is about to come under even more scrutiny over its crippling network outage last week. The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) is launching an investigation into BTC’s actions to determine whether it took all reasonably practicable steps to restore the affected networks within the shortest time frame possible. The […]

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For the first six months of the year the Department of Customs has investigated more than 80 fraud cases and collected nearly $200,000 in revenue off of individuals and companies that tried to rip off the government. Customs officers say had it not been for those investigations the department would have lost even more money […]

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Minister of Education, Science and Technology Jerome Fitzgerald recently outlined a number of plans that his government has on the drawing board to overhaul the country’s educational system over the next five years. The government is hoping that the changes will encourage more effective teaching and improved student achievement. “We plan to create a curriculum […]

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell wants human smugglers to not only face smuggling charges when caught, but also be charged for the lives that are lost at sea during the dangerous illegal trek. Minister Mitchell’s comments follow the June 10 boating tragedy off the north coast of Abaco where at least 11 […]

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The government is coming under fire for its silence on the unreported rape spate in the capital, which an ex-Cabinet minister finds “deeply disturbing.” In fact, the Free National Movement (FNM) is calling on the government to address the matter in a manner that is forthright without jeopardising national security considerations. In a release yesterday, […]

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development Philip Davis yesterday admonished the group of Urban Renewal Programme workers who gathered outside the Ministry of Works Monday in protest of their contracts not being renewed to quit demonstrating and “reapply.” Last week, about 80 employees from the Urban Renewal Programme received letters informing […]

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The government has launched an investigation into reports of predator drones in The Bahamas, after an international article revealed that the United States has been quietly testing the unmanned surveillance flights over The Bahamas for nearly two years. The Los Angeles Times article states that the Department of Homeland Security plans to expand the unmanned […]

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